[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Potterverse characters and tea. - Cold Brew Coffee?

[P. Alexis Nguyen]

bboyminn:
>  So... Cold Brew Coffee... ground coffee soaked in room
>  temperature water for many hours until it become drinkable?
>
>  Could you tell us your Cold Brewing Process?

Ali:
I don't have a personal brewing process, per se.  I use the NY Times
"recipe" of 1/3 cup of coffee grounds and 1.5 cups of water - I do it
in my water bottle, so I put coffee in to the 3 oz line then add water
to the 12 oz line.  The rec. soak time is 12 hrs at room temp, but I
keep it in my fridge and accidentally soaked it for 48 hrs this past
time (no problems).

I heard something about this method producing a less caffeinated brew.
 I seem to recall something about how manufacturers use water to
decaffeinate beans, so maybe that makes sense somehow?  I don't know.
I drink coffee for the taste; the caffeine seems to make no difference
to me (I've gone to be after drinking warm coffee because warm liquids
make me sleepy).



bboyminn:
>  But Ice Cream Coffee is very different from Vanilla flavor
>  coffee. The goal it to have thick rich creamy flavored
>  coffee. The 'Creamy' part being the most significant part.

Ali:
Oh I agree on the creamy part.  I take my coffee with cream (or ice
cream) if I take anything at all.  However, Carol mentions how she
doesn't like the acidity of creams and the like, which means that
she's probably not going to go that route - a good quality ice cream
tends to be higher in butterfat and therefore acidic.  Soy milk sinks
in coffee and doesn't give that desired creaminess anyway.  Therefore,
I recommended vanilla simple syrup.  It's a treat (after all, vanilla
is $1-10 per pod and wholly wonderful) and adds something to coffee
that may serve as an alternate addition to coffee.

That's all I gots. :)

~Ali